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1 posted on 11/25/2009 1:00:56 PM PST by smoothsailing
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Knew a guy that worked in welfare and he said the poor often bought fatty high carb foods because they feared starvation and those foods made them feel full.


2 posted on 11/25/2009 1:04:50 PM PST by randog (Tap into America!)
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Ever notice how our country is one of the few in the world where the poor are fat?

David Meltzer is a fool. While it is true that in the US poorer people tend to be more overweight, there is no causation between wages and weight. In fact, it is much more likely that poorer people are overweight because they are LAZY and would rather eat and watch Oprah than work.


3 posted on 11/25/2009 1:05:39 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (The Second Amendment. Don't MAKE me use it.)
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There has to be some kind of bell curve involved here.

Slash the minimum wage by 50 percent.

Let's see what that does.

4 posted on 11/25/2009 1:06:31 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper (Barney Frank is the most disgusting person I can think of. I been thinking about it for months now.)
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Only in America: The fattest people are the poorest people.


5 posted on 11/25/2009 1:08:23 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Ack, is that the site with "Responsibility2nd"? Some weirdo. ...)
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Getting it? So in order for America to slim down, we need to increase the minimum wage to make the cost of labor and the price of fast food higher.

While we are at it we need to increase the tax on soda and sugary drinks. And we need to impose a surtax on turkey and all of these yummy Thanksgiving goodies that you will be overconsuming this weekend.

OK this has to be from The Onion right? Even liberals can't be this stupid.

7 posted on 11/25/2009 1:11:44 PM PST by YankeeReb
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Go to any grocery store or supermarket.

Look at what "poor people" have in their shopping carts.

- - junk food

- - convenience food

- - and, ultra-high-carbohydrate dense "foods" and that's before the alcohol and tobacco aisle.

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8 posted on 11/25/2009 1:13:19 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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Heard yesterday that trial lawyers consider these fast food “victims” next best thing after cigarette smokers. No personal responsibility, no free will.


12 posted on 11/25/2009 1:15:30 PM PST by samsmom
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There are virtually no fast foods or prepared convenience foods that are cheaper by weight, volume or caloric value than scratch-made foods. It’s not that these poor fat people cannot afford better quality foods; it is that they are too lazy to prepare them.


14 posted on 11/25/2009 1:17:15 PM PST by Sloth (Pray for Obama: Psalm 109:8)
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I have a “matronly” figure and this article is crap.


16 posted on 11/25/2009 1:18:35 PM PST by netmilsmom (I am Ilk)
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I'm so confused, maybe moreso than the two that did this study.

Happy Thanksgiving to All

18 posted on 11/25/2009 1:23:37 PM PST by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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I guess this explain the rampant obesity problem in Africa where they earn $1 a month... /s


20 posted on 11/25/2009 1:30:51 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied, the economy died)
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I'm poooorr! I have no money for healthy food!!!!

25 posted on 11/25/2009 1:59:46 PM PST by Richard Kimball (We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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What'll they think of next?!?!?

Let's just raise the minimum wage to $1000/hr so we can all get skinny and rich at the same time!

28 posted on 11/25/2009 2:31:39 PM PST by Fredgoblu
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Geez, smoothsailing, you come up with real good threads to expose the babbling stupidity of the left. This one is no exception.

OKAY! Let us analyze this. According to David, an insult to the Biblical nom-de-plume of a true king, and Zhuo, whose ancestors or present-day family can pose for Year of the Monkey at anytime or anyplace, have declared that the more poor you are, the more fat you are.

Analyzing that, we should expect that any moment we will see long-supressed pictures of really fat Nazi camp prisoners and gulag prisoners tripping over their stomachs.

David and Zhuo should be embarassed by their stupidity, but I expect that would require some modicum of shame. And I can’t think of a single leftist who has been ashamed of his previous behavior except David Horowitz, a very brave man.

Bravery does not assign itself to American leftists. You could travel to a dozen leftist cities and not raise a single Lincoln Brigade platoon. American leftists are fat and stupid cowards. That’s their weakness. And obuma leads the pack.

The only reason king obuma occupies the Whitehouse is because men - and there are no men amongst the American left - respect the rule of law. If American men decide that king obuma doesn’t respect the rule of law, think French revolution times three.


31 posted on 11/25/2009 4:36:50 PM PST by sergeantdave (obuma is the anti-Lincoln, trying to re-establish slavery)
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